SCAM WARNING!!!
Dear
Readers,
It has
come to my attention that there is a website out there that is an embarrassment
to the martial arts community. This
website is written by mostly non-traditional martial artists, who are abusing
the right of “free speech” to insult, to abuse, and to spread vicious lies
about well-known martial artists. The
true purpose of their website is to promote their business and support their
greed. It is a business built on
disparaging a martial artist’s reputation through insinuations and falsehoods,
all for the purpose of directing unsuspecting web users to click on their
website, and to collect the hundreds of thousands of dollars paid by the Google
Adware program, click by click. The supposed “martial artists” who post on
this website hide behind anonymous names, and often have several identities who
ask and answer slanderous questions, all
in the name of creating controversy and generating more “hits” on the
site.
NOW
EXPOSED!!! Find out who is behind these
lies and how they make money causing martial artists to defend themselves and
answer the personal assaults. The more
anger, the more controversy; the more the owners of the website fill their
pockets with dirty money. It makes you
want to want to ask, can’t you find an
honest income without purposefully lying and degrading others? For additional skullduggery
and scam exposure: go to http://articlesnatch.com/Article/.../1200441 and http://bullshido.info and http://bullshido.info/forums/farhillsnjmasterchristianwhitney.html
Please
do not patronize this despicable site…they make money on every click.
As
stated in http://zendoryukarate.com, most of the
information about me and my accomplishments was not written by me, but
extracted from Who’s Who in Karate and Who’s Who in American Martial
Arts thirty years ago plus updates on rank, training and masters.
For
further explanation, go to: http://thaibopowerkick.com
Response
to Readers:
One of my Black Belts brought my attention to this site where
anyone can say anything about anyone whether they think it’s true or not. It’s
amazing that these cowards can tuck their tail between their legs and say
anything about anyone using a made up name. I’m sure they have a lot of fun
committing internet bullying and cyber terrorism because they can’t/won’t prove
any of their nonsense. It would be laughable (we all had a good laugh) if it
weren’t so pitiful. If you can’t achieve something worthwhile in life---tear
down someone else. It’s like these defects want to set a terrorist bomb to get
noticed and then hide in their comfortable anonymity.
Of course, in my decorous life I have no interest in
answering most of these ridiculous statements. But, some are so funny I want to
share with you the total ignorance of some people’s lack of either education or
reason.
One guy says he never heard of us. He does mention a sign (we
have many) in friends’ and students’ stores. That particular store is on the
street where I ran the oldest, largest, most well known martial arts school for
40 years! Just who doesn’t know whom? These signs are put out by my Black Belts
who have their own dojos. I have been retired since 2003. I still teach advanced
people and give seminars in aikijujitsu to karate and similar hand & foot
arts schools.
Other people mention my experience
and credentials. They mention a handout sheet. This sheet is available to
anyone who asks for it at a school. I did not write this information. This
sheet is just a copy from a book written by and published 30 years ago when I
was inducted into Who’s Who In Karate and later, Who’s Who In
American Martial Arts. Updates have been done as more education, rank,
experience and close relationships with Grandmasters and/or their disciples has
been accomplished over the years by staff.
One writer asks who promoted and trained him? Another writer
complains I listed everyone I trained with going back to my beginning in 1948..
My whole life from birth is out there for people to see. I was born snowbound
in a small cabin in the woods of the North. The doctor came to us in snowshoes.
My father was nature loving agropastoralist. That may explain why I feel the
need on my annual meditation, spiritual study and Zen retreat to go into the
forest and mountain wilderness as monks have done for centuries. My background
is published. I name names, I name places, I name styles, I name dates and
years. My whole life is open to the world. I have nothing to hide.
By the way, one goofball said I didn’t know Grandmaster Don
Angier. In 2009 I went to his aikijujitsu seminar. We reminisced about the old
days and I have pictures with him. I am the only karate Master who trained with
him in his original 7th street Los Angeles dojo in the 1960’s. You
see, most of this stuff is just made up or opening mouth without turning on
brain. Imagine how ridiculous they look walking around with their foot in their
mouth.
Matter of fact, some of
this stuff is just so silly that it is hard to believe any of the nonsense on
this site. How about this one: I drank three pitchers of beer with this person,
it says ----? before a test! But what about the ten pizzas I ate with it? Pizza
makes you thirsty after all. We couldn’t stop laughing at what passes for
information in this comic book. For the record, I am six feet tall and I only
weigh 20 pounds more now than my fighting weight at (180-185lbs) in my twenties
in the army, for near full contact karate & jujitsu matches and while on the
police force. That was over 50 years ago! Remember, this was before television
was invented. Later, I switched from
being a policeman to being a police combat trainer. Then many of my Black Belts
became police, sheriff, and highway patrol academy self-defense instructors.
A couple just quick things here because this is so redundant:
1. Disparaging comments were made about other martial artists that I don’t even
know. 2. It’s 40 years too late to
question my ordination in 1972. Since then I have been involved in hundreds of
services, spiritual retreats, meditation classes, weddings and funerals. Sadly,
the last eulogy service I performed was at the funeral of the mother of my
students. Over the years, she entrusted all three of her children to me. Two of
her children, a man and a woman, are now in the military and served in Iraq.
One was so good at his martial arts they gave him a black belt and made him an
instructor, even though he was only a green belt with me. 3. Someone didn’t like the article in a martial arts black belt magazine. It was
a six-page, full color article. This is simply one of dozens of magazine and
newspaper articles done on me and our martial arts over a 45 year period. Thank
you very much.
There was, however, one statement that did offend me. This
was a statement that I had no
connection to Grandmaster Kanken Toyama.
He founded the All Japan Karate Association in 1946 that I have always
belonged to. His signature is on my First Degree Black Belt Certificate. He
also taught Mr. Nishiyama, who I worked with and belonged to AAKF for nearly 50
years. Grandmaster Toyama also developed from his original Shorin (ji) Ryu
Karate training his own style (Ryu) as most of the old first masters of Japan
did. All of them did, even Gigen Funakoshi’s Shotokan. Toyama’s style was named
Shudokan. One writer then sent a list of only Japanese names who were
descendents of Shudokan. How racist! This is a great insult to the late and
great American Master Walter Todd 8th dan. He was one of the very highest
ranked masters of any race at any time
in Shudokan Karate. He has hundreds of descendants in America right now. These
are themselves now high ranking Black Belts teaching and passing on his great
legacy. This writer sounds like he (?) wants to assassinate the reputation
Walter Todd’s students like Karl Scott, president of Walter Todd’s Shudokan
Martial Arts Association. Walter Todd trained in all three major martial arts:
Shudokan Karate, Aikido, and Jujitsu (Judo). It would be a great insult to his high
ranking students. e.g., Dr Herbert Wong, Gary Hu, Christian Sensei, Smoger
Sensei, and Timothy Kelly, all 5th degree to 8th degree
black belts now.
So dear reader, these
malicious questions, complaints, illogical and mean spirited statements makes you wonder if they don’t
come from a sociopathic, “the sky is falling” mentality. Some of the statements “hidden as a ninja” as
a query----? seem to be set up to throw the reader off as in Jujutsu (this is in code). Yes, I know who both of you are, and I know about your
police records and arrests. Don’t make me go into the psychiatric evaluations
and your record of sexual child abuse. I am showing you a kindness to not
reveal your “secret identities.” Please don’t embarrass your present
aikijujitsu instructor in Long Beach, Ca. any more than you already have.
Other writers seem just uneducated or maybe uninformed. I
feel sad for the death of innocence involved in these venomous remarks meant to
infect true martial arts people of integrity. Readers, don’t let yourself be
sucked into this kind of website that only lives on muck. There are real
problems in
the world. Please join me in trying to help those who are really suffering. I
have given money to people suffering from natural disasters. I have trained policemen
to stop crime, murders, and drug dealers. I have given time and money to help
the poor people in foreign countries. I have even had a commendation for saving
a man’s life. Twenty-five years ago I developed a martial arts program for
“kids at risk” and low income families. I am proud to say that program is alive
and well today. I support an internet portal that auctions people’s skills for
various charities. I support several charities because personal friends of mine
who suffer or have died from these tragic diseases.
Readers, there are some out there whose feelings I may have
hurt (or their ego?). Training at our headquarters was tough & rough. Some
people got hurt or yelled at for not following our strict safety rules. (Free
dojo sparring rules available-e-mail for directions.) Some students are mad or
seek revenge because they simply were not good enough to receive our high quality
black belt. Here is a typical e-mail from an old student (I have thousands as my students spread all over the world)
Dear Sensei,
“I would like to thank you for
leaving me with life-long basic fundamentals of martial arts. Let me begin with
a little history behind my praise. My father, Frank N---, introduced me to
martial arts as form of structure and discipline, which he felt could help in
my upbringing. It gave me the confidence to deal with bullies at school as well
as the harsh streets of Los Angeles. My father reached his much-coveted brown
belt while attending this school and I earned a green belt (lower level).
Although my learning was cut short when we moved, I still have not forgotten
the fundamentals taught me. I now live in Northern California with my beautiful
wife and two grown children. I’m searching to find a martial arts instructor in
my area who can come close. Any help would be greatly appreciated.”
Regards,
David N---
I can never satisfy every small complaint, query, slander or
revenge motive of jealous or uneducated complainers. I want to end this
nonsense (means: no sense) with a Japanese proverb: “If you going to seek revenge, dig two graves----one for them and one
for yourself.” In conferring with a mental health expert who is an advisor
to a major TV self-help show----Yes, he
lives just down the street from me and his show is shot only a few miles from
here in Hollywood), I was given insight
into this kind of disturbed person who whines online about other people’s
alleged short-comings. Please don’t be just a complainer with malicious
statements. It comes from your own lack of self-worth. Frankly, it just makes
you look angry, desperate and pathetic.
